The Sun. — London, England, 1864-12-09 00:00:00

LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the storms of the past year the boats of the National Lifeboat Institution saved 417 persons from different wrecks on our coasts, The Institution also expended £13,819 Is. 2d. in the same period on lifeboat establishments, in addition to granting £l,? 51 65. pd. as rewards for saving 714 shipwrecked reraons by its lifeboats, and other means. The Committee of the Institution earnest'y A ?PEAL to the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on the Institution's 137 lifeboat establishments. Contributions are received by all the Lon don and eountry bankers ; and by the Secretary , R ichard Lewis, at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi. R OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. (Opera Company. Limited.) Second Night of 11 Trovatore. Last Appearances of Mr. Charles Adams previous to his departure for Berlin. YETIS EVENING (FRIDAY), Dec. 9, Verdi's opera, IL TROVATORE. Leonora, aidlle. L. Martorere, her 2d appearance in that character ; Azucena, Madame F. lluodart (th, original representative of the part in English); Inez, Mrs. A. cook; Count di Luna, Mr. A. awrence ; Ferrando, Mr. A. Cook; Euiz, Mr. Lyall ; Gipsy, Mr. Melville; and Manrico, Mr. ( harles Adams, his vd appearance in that character in England. Conductor, Mr Alfred Mellon. The Incidental Divertissement will be supported by Mdlles. Dlnhateau and Bonlanti. Before the commencement of the opera the Orchestra will perform 'Weber's overture to Prcciosa. Commence at half-past 7 o'clock. Private boxes, from 10s. 6J, upwards; stalls, 7s. ; dress circle, Is. • upper boxes, 4s ; amphitheatre stalls, 3s. and 2s ; pit 2s. 6d- ; gallery, ls. No charge for booking places. The box-office is open from 10 till 5. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. The performance will commence Every Evening during the Week with YOU KNOW WHO. THIS EVENING (Friday). LA SONNAMB JLA. TO-morrow (Saturday!, FAUST. Conductor, Signor ARDITI. Doors open at Half-past Six, commence at Seven. Opera at Eight. Box Office cpen from Ten till Five. Private Boxes, from 10s. Ed. ; Stalls, 7s. ; Dress Circle, ss. ; First Circle, 9s. ; 1 it, 2s. 61. ; Gallery, Is. No charge for booking places. No fees to box-keepers. In preparation, a Grand Christmas Pantomime. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY- LANE.- Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, to commence with A YOUNG LAD FROM THE COUN FRY. Messrs. G. Belmore, Fitajames, and G. F. Neville; Misses Helen Howard, R. Leclercq, dzc. After which, Shaksnere's Tragedy of MACBETH. Mr. Phelps ; Messrs. Creswick, R. Roxby, G. Belmore. Rayner, 3. F. Neville, Edmund Phelps, J. Neville, Bartleman, ac. ; Misses Rebecca Isaacs, Emma Heywood, and Miss .i.elen Faucit. Doors open at ha f-past Six—Commence at Seven. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAY MARKET.- Lessee, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE SUN AND THE WIND. After which, SUNNY VALE FARM. Messrs. Howe, Farren, Clark, Braid, Coe, Weathersby. Mesdames Beatrice, Snowdon, Harris, Fitzwilliam, Coleman, &c. Followed by ON THE SLY. Messrs. Buckstone, Rogers, Gordon, &c. ; Mesdames Snowdon, Fitzwilliam, ctc. And MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. To commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. I addy O'Rafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray. After which, THE STREET 3 OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fl-her, D. Murray, J. Nelson, 11. Forrester. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma 13 arnett, and Miss Finny Gwynne. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the sole management of Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING-, at 8, RUY BLAS. Messrs. Fechter, liver, Fitzpatrick, F. Charles, M'lntyre, Garden, Raymond, Collett, C Ilford, Moreland ; Misses Carlot a Lezlereq, H. Percy, and Mrs. Winstanley. Preceded, at 7, by MY WIFE'S OUT. Messrs. H. Widdi comb, F. Charles ; Misses H. Percy and E. ',avenue. To cone ude with NURSEY CHICKWEED. Mr. H. Widdioomb. Doors open at half-past 6 ; commence at 7. The Box-office open daily from Elevai till Five. NEW THEATRE-ROY AL, ADELPHL- Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE WORKMEN OF PARIS. Mr. Benjamin Webster; Messrs. Billhuton, R. Phillirs, Stuart, J. Clarke, Stephenson, Eburne, C. J. Smith ; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Woolgar (Mrs. A. Mellon), Miss H. timms. Mrs. Billington, Mrs. H. Lewis, and Miss A. Seamen. To conclude with DOING BANTING. Mr. 3. Clarke, Mr. Stephenson; Mrs. Lewis and Miss A. Beaman. Commence at 7. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster. EMINENT TALENT AND COMEDY DRAMA. This Popular Theatre is now Open. THIS EVENING, a new Musical Drama, entitled THE BARONET ABROAD AND THE RUSTIC PRIMA LONNA : Mr. Frank Matthe.% s ; Miss Constance Roden. After which, at a quarter to Eight, a new and original Comedy Drama, in three acts, by J. l'algrave Simpson. enti tled SY BILLA ; or, STEP BY STEP. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews. To conclude with Mr. Maddison Morton's New Comedy Farce of WOOD, OCK'S LITTLE GAME. Mr. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress Mrs. Swanborouh. TM , . EVENING, WILFUL WARD. Messrs Parselle and Belford ; Alias Palmer. Followed by, at Eight, MILKY WHITE. Messrs. Craven, iStoyle, James ; Mesdames Swanbor.,ugh and Manders. To conclude with MAZEPPA. Mesdames Raynham, mpson, &C. COALS. —The LILL CO :SHALL COMPANY'S LS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 255. per ton. I Double.. 2ls. per ton. Top 245. „ Deep ....225. „ Vell screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke lss. per chaldron. Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, sole Agent. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," _IL Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, Can be had Every Evening of G. It. GLENIE, Nzvra AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN" supplied, as soon as published every Evening by W. ALEXANDER (late BROOKS), Newspaper Agent, 24, Old Cavendish-street, Oxford-street. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAT.—Morning, 10h. 20m.—Afternoon, 10h. 56x. To-monnow.-Morning, llh. 28m.—Afternoon, llh. 58m. ita. t )07.°..-'4,tilf-lallii4th..r t 4 / r Illir.07!- L41 4 1115 4 V 4441. t.. i„..,r LONDON, FIRDAY, DEC. 9, 1861. Sir JOHN PAKINGTON, in his speech at eningham the other day, on the subject of Home Defences, made some remarks well is orthy of con sideration, The right hon. Baronet always speaks in a decided manner, and without any effort at rhetorical flights he impresses his auditory with the soundness of his opinions and the practical nature of his views. In commencing his discourse Sir J. PAKINGTON paid a tribute to the Yeomanry Cavalry, and expressed a wish that the Government should cease its persecutions against that respected body of the service. Year after year are the at , tempts made but without success BO far, although as is here humorously described, " they first hit out one fist and then the other fist, to try if they could knock down the Yeomanry of England." The right hon. Baronet declared that he thought the Yeo manry might be considered as the " cavalry force" of the Volunteers of the country. Lord HERBERT often had given it as his opinion that it would be too costly to maintain the Volunteer principle with cavalry. There is great truth in these remarks, and it is difficult to account for the constant at , tacks of the Government upon this body, unless it be that they are desirous of pleasing their peacesat any-price friends. Mr. COBDEN and Mr. BRIGHT are never weary of expatiating upon the folly of such institutions, and their evil influence appears to spread further than it ought in such a case. As a proof of the advantages of the system Sir J. PAK INGTON adverted to the recent strike, and said that if the Yeomanry had been called out to pre serve the peace, when the disturbance lasted so long, there would have been a much more satisfactory state of thing 9. The dis tricts from which t he police were taken were left nnprotectd.d, and many persons were greatly dis.se tisfied at. snch proceedings.. Passing en to the m ore immediate subject under diEcussion, the right hon. baronet observed that the present was the first time that anything like a permanent Volunteer Service had been established in this country. The great national movement which produced the splendid development of power at the commencement of this century was essentially a temporary affair, and that Volunteer service was a special one. After the experience of some years those beat competent to judge will coincide with this observation, that the effect of the Volunteer movement is most Inc- oessful by its influence abroad. Tills Volunteer movement has impressed the powers of Europe more than any other event has done with the in fluence and the power and the irresistible strength of England. It is, indeed, most fortunate that such an event should have occurred of late years, for we need something to vindicate our national character, after the scandalous manner in which our administrators have held it up to the eyes of surrounding nations. Nothing could have more forcibly impressed the foreign states than the spec• tacle of unity ao fully revealed in this movement, and it also proved that the spirit of England was nit extinct, but could at any requisite moment rise to meet tha emergency. There can be no doubt that had not this great demonstration been made, we should by this time have been put to serious inconvenience in some shape or other by the insidious designs and the bold attempts of unscrupulous allies or covert foes. Sir J. PAICINGTON alluded to another striking advan% tage in this force, which was that it bound all classes together in unity. Whatever may be their political differences or their class divisions, in this undertaking they meet on neutral ground, one in spirit and sentiment, to defend the rights of their common country. Also we notice here men■ tioned one of the chief characteristics of this affair, the zeal and rapidity with which the force was in augurated, which of itself was a warning to foreign Powers that they could not easily mistake to profit by. Doubtless some of those sage statesmen who regulate affairs in distant lands believed that the English were slow to settle any matter not inti mately associated with trade and commerce, but they must have recognised their mistake when, almost instantly as it were, they found the peaceful land covered with preparations for war. In some respects it reminds one of the striking scene in the " Lady of the Lake," where RHODERIC DIRT waves his hand and discloses to the astonished Saxon the magnificent array of "Ben Ledi's living side," that more surprised was FITZJAMES when he saw "That every tuft of broom gave life To plaided warriors armed for strife," than were our friends and allies across the Channel and on the Continent of Europe at our display. Sir J. PAKINGTON declared that he thought it one of the proudest days of English history when, shortly after the Volunteer force was thought of, twenty five thousand men defiled before the QUEEN, showing already in that short period of time a discipline and an organisation which astonished even the warmest admires of that move ment. The right hon. baronet very properly cen• anted those who criticised this undertaking, and said that it was unwise to arm every man and let him know how to use his musket. This is very forcibly shown to be a mistake, and, on the con. trary, that nothing is more likely to conduce to the general peace and prosperity of the country than uniting all classes together in unity to resist the encroachments of the enemy. It is astonishing what errors persons will fall into who get crotchets into their heads, and it is therefore satisfactory that one so well calculated to express an opinion as Sir J. PAKINGTON should come forward to denounce the mistakes as mischievous in their tendency and unfounded in their origin. It is carious that so little opposition has been made to this movement, considering the many who are involved in it one way or another, and this proves that what is here said of its united principle is true, for the Volunteer move. ment is a thoroughly national one to all intents and purposes, and thus it would be out of character if it were not so recognised and appreciated. Still the general absence of awkward feelings is a proof that great care and caution have been exercised by all who have had a prominent part in its inaugura tion, and the success which has now crowned its efforts is no mere chance, but because the under. taking was strictly i❑ conformity with the spirit of the age, and appealed to the genius of the people it represented. The inconveniences and dangers of London streets are necome so apparent that continual efforts are being made to relieve the extreme pressure. Not only are the busy City thoroughfares becoming every day more liable to stoppage and blockade, but even the pleasure loving, idle West has troubles and dangers of its own, one of them being so glar ing as to necessitate immediate reform. Reforms of all kinds, however, are, as we know, very easy to tattle about, but very difficult to obtain ; and ac cordingly the Park•lane improvement, much as it has been discussed, seems as far off as ever. The Metropolitan Board of Works have, as in duty bound, taken up the matter energetically, naturally expecting that the Crown and the Government would meet them half way in their efforts to im prove the Metropolis and to benefit the public. In this anticipation they appear to have been griev ously mistaken, judging from Mr COWPER'S recep. tion of their deputation on Monday last. The First Commissioner expressed his satisfaction at the Board's having taken the matter in hand, remark ing upon the great inconveniences attending the present crowded state of Park-lane, where he had heard that it was a common thing for accidents to happen daily. When it came, however, to the con' sideration of ways and means a change came over him, and the one point on which he insisted through out the interview was that the Crown, far from assisting in the improvement, should have full corn. pensation for any property taken or affected by the alterations. He could make no suggestions as to the best way of carrying out the scheme, he would give no opinion as to its merits; his thoughts were centred on the one point which appeared to him of most importance— the money must come out of the pockets of the rate. payers, and the Board need neither expect monetary assistance from the Government nor relinquishment of rights from the Crown. When the discomfited delegates ventured to remonstrate against this hard sentence, they were satirically reminded that Lon don was a wealthy city, and ought to be broken up if it could not find money for sodesirable an improve. ma. One of the members observed that it was not that the Board and the metropolis could not give the money, but that they did not wish to tax the ratepayers more heavily. To this Mr CowrEß turned a deaf ear, merely say ing that the Crown would be bound to claim compensation for any re versionary interest, which was not encouraging. The Crown, he said, was in the same position as any other landowner, but it is surely natural to suppose that the Crown has a greater interest in the welfare of the metropolis than a private indi vidual. Mr CONFER has shown himself a very vigilant guardian of the Crown rights, but it is to be questioned whether he is quite so faithful a re• presentative of the rights of the people, and he should remember that ho is a public servant as well as a guardian of Cre-rn pr op The ratepayers of the metropolis are already taxed heavily enough, and of late additions have been made to the general burdens for objects of public benefit, such as the abolition of toll-gates, &c. This is quite fair and I proper, but it is too much to say that they are not I only to bear the whole burden of making this expensive alteration, but to compensate the Crown for all reversionary interests. Park•lane is a very important thoroughfare, though not at all constructed in a manner suitable to - an exteueivatrao. Its soother, end especially THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1864. is very narrow and curved so as to impede the traffic greatly, while it is farther hindered by the frequent stoppages of waggons, carriages, cabs. &c., at the doors. Some years ago, when it was scarcely used by th© general public, it served very well for the quiet aristocratic life of its inhabitants, but of late years the whirl of business has reached even to these fashionable quarters, and the want of another and batter thoroughfare, north and south, becomes daily more urgent, Cabs are not allowed in the Park itself, so that there is no direct public thoroughfare, with the solitary exception of Park-lane from Bond street to Kensington. Siuce the great increase of railway travelling and the construction of Victoria Station, the north and south traffic at the West-end has immensely in. creased, and all the cabs coming from Bayswater to Westminster, and many from the Paddington terminus to the Victoria, and vice versa, pass up and down the unhappy Park-lane. No wonder, under these circumstances, that accidents happen daily ! The marvel would rather be if they were not common, when we add the fashionable and ge neral traffic to the railway passengers. The Board proposes three ways of relief, One is that car riages should pass out of the Park-gates into Pic cadilly, and that an opening should be made into Kensington on the other side, which could be done without inconvenience. Another suggests the opening of Hamilton-place for carriages and cabs, and the third is the widening of Park-lane. One gentleman went so far as to propose the opening of the park itself, on the plea that the idlers who enjoyed it ought not to interfere with the convenience of the busy part of the public. Mr. D'IFFANGER, however, forgets that the public interests are deeply con cerned in the maintenance of their few open places of recreation. Hyde-park is free to all who come on foot at all events, and it would be a great hard ship to deprive the thousands who resort there on summer evenings of the peep at Nature which its trees and grass affords. Men of business are apt to be quite as encroaching in their way as men and women of fashion, but the public would be very unwilling to see any of their beautiful parks interfered with, either east or west. There is another plan .which has not been suggested by the Board for relieving the western traffic—the opening of a thoroughfare through Mayfair. This seems to be a very excellent suggestion, since it could he done with much less difficulty and ex pense than the widening of Park-lane. In any case, however, the public have a right to expect that the whole weight should not fall on them as ratepayers when they already contribute so largely to other branches of the public revenue. The matter will doubtless be brought before Parliament this session ; but between the conflicting interests we are inclined to think with Mr. HEALEY that the Park-lane improvement is still a long way off. Mr. Fechter in the Character of Ruy Blasi TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN. Sir,—Permit me to assure you, on the authority of Mr. Fechter, who is much gratified by your thoughtful and eloquent notice of the performance of " Roy Bias," that the version now reproduced at the Lycsum Theatre is literally the same as that in which he appeared at the Princess's Theatre, without the omission of a single incident or word. The impression resting on the mind of your dra• matic critic is evidently caused by the performance of the original French drama. I remain, Sir, faithfully yours, I enclose my card. R. L. December 9, 1861. MISS BATEMAN AT THE GLASGOW THEATRE• ROYAL.—The interest attending the performances of this accomplished actress in Glasgow, says the Glasgow Daily . llerald, continues to increase as the term of her en gagement draws near. Night after night the theatre has been crowded almost from the very commencement, and on Tuesday night and last night great numbers could not obtain admission for love or money. Since Miss Bateman's arrival here, we understand, she has had several very tempting offers from English managers, one of whom ten dered a hundred guineas for a single night's performance of "Leah," Owing to previous arrangements, however, Miss Bateman has been obliged to decline all these offers; and as she cannot possibly prolong her stay in Glasgow after Saturday night, every lover of the histrionic art who desires to see the "mirror held up to nature" as it ought to be, and as it rarely is, would do well to look out for tickets of admission without delay. MIDDLE-CLASS EDUCATION IN THE WEST—The anuaal distribution of prizes and certificates awarded at the Oxford and Cambridge local examinations during the past year to the pupils of the Devon County School took place on Tuesday. This school was the first practical step in Devonshire towards obtaining schools for the middle classes. It chief promoter was the Rev. J. L. Brereton, the rector of the parish, and a prebendary of Exeter Cathedral, who was most cordially assisted by the late and present Earl Fortescue and several other county gentlemen and noble men. The school has progressed most satisfactorily, and there are at present about 50 boarders in the institution, in addition to a number of dayboys. Several scholarships aro annually competed for, and at the recent University local examinations the pupils have passed most satisfactorily. The Oxford University made West Buckland one of its centres, and the managers have adopted the satisfactory plan of sending in not merely a few selected pupils to these examinations, but the whole of the upper classes. The un dertaking has proved so successful that it is now proposed to establish a county college for Devon, Cornwall, and Somerset, with the object of offering inducements and op portunities for lengthening the ordinary period of educa tion ; and in addition to provide a profession of teachers— including professors, tutors, and schoolmasters for the middle classes—and to determine the debated question whether it is practicable to combine general and special education. Earl Forteeeue presided at the meeting on Tusday, supported by Mr J. W. Buller, M.P., Mr T. D. Acland, the Rev. J. L. Brereton, and a numerous company of county gentlemen and clergy. Earl Granville, K.G., the Bishop of London, and Sir Stafford Northcote had also accepted invitations to be present, but Royal commands requesting the attendance of the noble earl at Sandringham prevented his attendance; a family bereavement was the cause of the hon, baronet's absence, and the venerable pre late arrived at Castle-hill (the seat of Earl Fortescue) too late to be present at the interesting proceedings. After the loyal, constitutional, and patriotic toasts had been disposed of Earl Fortescue distributed the prizes, and then proceeded to propose " Success to the Devon County School," coupling with the toast " The Health of the Rev. J. L. Brereton." The school, his lordship observed, was no longer an experi ment, but a success. The institution was founded for an independent class, aria it was no small element in its success to find that it was paying its working expenses. (Hear, hear.) It was now ten years ago that he had first endea voured to call attention to the important question of middle class education. N early 30 years ago the great and good Dr Arnold had dwelt on the deficiency of provisions made for the education of the middle classes. Now it was not as then a question of importance, but the question of impor tance. The noble earl referred to the fact that a Royal Commission, in which several west countrymen were in cluded, was about to examine into this matter—to the at tention which the Royal Agricultural Society and the S. ciety of Arts were devoting to the subject ; and the number of county schools which were now springing up in various parts of the kingdom; and concluded by adverting to the proposed County College, the objects which it had in view, and to the growing importance of the agricultural class in the country, and to the necessity of farmers' suns being so trained as to avoid the two extremes—sticking too fast to what is old, and rushing too quickly to what is new. (Cheers.) Prebendary Brereton responded in a long speech. WEST SUFFOLK ELECTION.—BURY ST. ED, MUND'S, Dec. 8. —The election of a member to serve in Parliament for the western division of Suffolk, in the ronneot Earl Jermyn, elevated to the Marquibate of Bristol on the death of his fa , ber, took place here to-lay. Three waggons had heal disposed as a kind of hustings in font of the Angel Hotel, but as the weather was dull, and resolved itself finally into a diaagrceablo drizzling rain, the High sheriff, Sir U. N. Broke - Aliddletnn, and the supper. ters of Lord Augustus Hervey, the solitary candidate, held the "special county court" prescribed by the writ on the steps of the hotel. The attendance of electors or persons of any kind was at first extremely small, but by the time the Under-Sheriff (Mr A. Cobbold) had laboriously waded through the writ about 100 persons had probably collected. Lord Augustus Hervey, having been proposed and se conded, was declared by the High Sheriff duly elected. The hon. member then returned thanks, and the proceed ings terminated. The English frigate Racoon has arrived at Mar seilles from Gibraltar. The Prussian frigate Niobe took her departure front Brest this roorniog. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND ATJSTRALIA, MALTA, DEC. 8. The Elaine will leave for Marseilles at mid• night. The Dahi left for Southampton tomday at 7 a.m. OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL, The Ripon from Southampton, Nov. 27, reached Malta on the 6:h inst. at 10 p.m., and left on the 7th at 4 p.m. for Alexandria. The Delta from. Marseilles, sth inst., arrived on the 7th at 9 p.m., and left on the Bth at 7 a.m. for Alexandria. FRANCE, BOURSE, M . o. B.—The rate of discount of the Bank of France has been reduced to 5 per cent. for commercial bills, and the iaterest on advances to 6 per cent. The market has been firm. Threes, for the Account, are unvaried at 66f. 25e., and the Mobilier at 940 f. Railway Market also well main• tained. The market became rather weaker towards the close, and left off as follows :- 4t per Cents 94 Do. end month -- 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 15 Credit Mobilier 937 50 Do. end month 936 25 Bank Shares 3600 Credit Fonder 1235 Roman Italian Loan 65 45 Do. end month 65 75 Ditto Threes — New Mexican 50 75 Russian Austrian Spanish Threes 46 Rome Debt Deferred PAYB. Cash. Account. 87:5 50 .. 860 990 .. 990 873 75 878 75 593 75 590 506 25 .. 488 75 491 25 317 50 .. 320 443 75 445 — soB 75 .. 512 50 375 378 75 425 .. 425 - - .. 195 BA IL Orleans.. .. • ..... a •• • • Northern .... Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian LOWbard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona GREECE. A letter from Athens, dated Nov. 22, says :—The band of the celebrated robber Diplas, after having long been the scourge of the country, is now dis persed. The whole of the district of Pthia had been ravaged by these marauders, who held many of the inhabitants in captivity, some of whom are still secreted in the fastnesses. The entire village of Camagus was attacked and seized in open day ; some of the villagers were compelled to pay ransom upon the spot, and the rest were carried away. The local police, who had many relatives in the band, managed to arrive too late, and a troop of sol diery later still ; these, joined by several of the in habitants of the neighbouring villages, set out in pursuit, but returned without having overtaken any one. Encouraged by. impunity, the band plun dered and murdered on all sides, till a large number of the villagers were actually compelled to leave their homes, and to take refuge in other districts, not being able to stir abroad without danger. Matters continued in this state until lately, when Colonel Skaltsas was specially despatched to re. duce the district into proper order. This officer had already given proofs of his activity in re pressing brigandage in Acaurania and Eurytania, and the mere fact of his arrival caused several of the brigands to ,surrender themselves voluntarily, so great was the terror of the name of any active magistrate among these fellows. A pursuit was organised into the mountains, and in three days the police succeeded in reaching the band; one robber was killed and three others wounded, among whom was Diplas himself. The rest took refuge in the forests. Thence, notwithstanding their check, they had the audacity to issue the next day, and rob the post between Lamia and Lebadea. In consequence, a fresh force was sent against them; the band, consisting then of 16 rob.. bars, was once more reached ; three were killed and nine surrendered. Their captain, Diplas, is not as yet taken, but as he is wounded and deserted, and a price is further set upon his head, it is hoped that he tray before long be in the hands of justice, and that this brigand pest of the country will be ex tirpated altogether. " ALanwhile, though brigandage is suppressed in Pthia, it has broken out with double force in the districts of Locris and Parnassus. No less than thirty robbers collected on the road leading from Amphessa to Lebadea, in open day to intercept persons returning from market. They found ac cidentally a body of police and others twice their force, and retreated ; but none of them were taken. They managed to rob several stragglers, and carried two men off into the mountain. Another band in the same district surrounded and plundered a house, taking with them the mistress, for whom they de. * Reports of s i m il a r out- rages Ewers, the authorities of m an cl reach O 0 O u g s r. . fromas ransom alls:u and, as ono of my ins sleep of the just.' " e ferments the serves, no a n e e o p t th BANK OF PRANCE. PARIS, December 8. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week, together With the corresponding figures of the previous account :—. Dec. 8. Dec. 1. Dn. f. C. f. n. Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 182,500,000 Profits in addition toCapital (Art. 8 law June 9, 1857) 6,863,421 06 6,842,315 98 Reserve in the Bank and its branches 10 5,750 14 22,105,750 14 Reserve in landed property 4,000,000 4.000,000 Notes in circulation 722,291,475 742,316,325 Bank notes to order and re -865,493 16 6,613,144 13 169,733 69 72,275,531 09 Current accounts—Paris . . 156,053,927 48 132081261 72 Treasury ceipt s Do. branch-banks payable a e e.cuant creditorsight 8 5 1 „ Dividends payable Discounts nd l© sundry interests,. 293 7 81 88 Re-discounta of the last six months 2,588,735 17 2,588,735 17 Sundries 10 1 339 ,379 06 13,150,244 06 1,239,076,195 67 1,232,389,634 92 Cn. Cash in hand and branch- banks 35 5 ) 640,597 15 327,715,612 60 Commercial bills overdue 5 85,176 31 20,038,549 63 Commercial bills discouLted not yet due.. Do. branch-banks .. • .277,444497 289,790,364 Advances on deposits of _ bullion .. . Do. branch-banks 4,864,910 4,602,500 Advances on French public 307810 _ securities ............ 14,790 ,900 14,9 78 , 900 Do. branch-banks... • 8 Advances on railway shares ~ , and debentures ... . .... 25,772,700 25,754,900 Do. branch-bank s .... 17,384,250 17,686,450 Advances on Credit Fon cier Bonds ............ 551,000 547,000 Do. branch-bank s • 327,890 8368,310 414,450 Advances to the State (Conven. June 10, 1857) . . j 60,000,000 60,000,000 Govt. Stock Reserve .... 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 Do. disposable ... ... 36,696,737 91 36,696,737 91 Rentes immobilisees (Law June 9, 1857) ...... . . 100,000,000 -- 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank ..... . ....... ... 8,396,486 8 , 455 , 168 Landed property, branches Expenses of management 2,460,764 39 2,413,907 08 48 7,249,806 80 Sundries ................ 7,574,517 1,232,076,195 57 1,232,389,634 92 Certified, the Benatur-Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed) ROULAND. MR WILLIAMS, M.P. FOR LAMBETII.—Thero is, we are happy Mr Williamr, one of the members for the b oroug h o f Lam b) say, no ground for the report that beth, expired at his residence on Wednesday ; nor is there any truth in the report that the hon. gentleman fell from his horse in an apoplectic fit. That he fell from his horse is true, but from this ho has sustained no injury whatever; awl although he is labouring under an illness, the nature of his midady, says Dr Probert, his medical attendant, is not that en from mwa which Wednesday d serious e hon. c m ne"lei l I ae w e c : sa a r s out etc b r e i d a i p n p g r e hded• O in his carriage; but yesterday, the weather not being co pro pitious, by the advice of his doctor be remained indoors, but was nevertheless feet approaching convalesence. THE GREAT SIIAIMEROKIN FAILURE AT LIVER • POOL.—An arrangement having been made with the credi.. tors of Mr Robert Lyrne, the Liverpool stock and share broker (who became bankrupt in Sept. last for £560,000) for the payment of 6s 8d in the pound, the bankruptcy has been annulled. THE DESTRUCTION OF SHIPBUILDING YARDS AT LIVERPOOL.—The fire in the shipbuiiding yards at the Queen's Dock, on Wednesday, is said to have destroyed property to the extent of 410,000. The workmen's tools were insured in the Queen Insurance Company for £2OO. The larger items of insurance were in the Norwich Union and the Liverpool and London office.% The Lay Address to the Archbishops. Yesterday afternoon a large number of laymen, members of the Church of England, attended at Lambeth Palace, for the purpose of presenting to the Archbishops of Canterbury and York the address which has been EO numerously signed, thanking their Graces for their recent pastoral letters on matters which have recently been productive of some agita tion in the Church. The Earl of ROMNEY read the following addrees,which had been signed by 137,000 persons :—" To his Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England and Me tropolitan ; to his Grace the Lord Archbishop of York, Primate of England and Metropolitan,—We, the under signed laymen of the several provinces of England and Ireland, hereby acknowledge with deep gratitude the pas torals lately issued by your graces to the two provinces of Canterbury and York. Our fervent prayer is that your graces may be richly endowed with wisdom from on high, and may be enabled, with the other primates and bishops of the United Church of England and Ireland, to take effectual counsel for upholding, amid the peculiar dangers of the present times, the Divine authority of Holy Scripture, and the integrity of the faith, so that the Gospel of our Lord and Saviour may bo taught in all its purity among our • selves and handed on, without diminution or addition, to our children's children." The Arohbishop of CANTERBURY read the following reply;:—" I accept _with cordial satisfaction the expression of your gratitude for the pastoral letter which I recently addressed to the clergy and laity of my province under cir cumstances of no ordinary gravity. Articles of belief, which had ever been held by the Church catholic and by all its several branches, seemed to be impugned, and deep anxiety pervaded the minds of a large proportion of the members of our Church. I thus felt myself called upon to give my res. sons for having dissented from the recent judgment of the Privy Council, The principle on which I proceeded is the very principle laid down and recognised by that judgment itself, namely, that such rule or teaching only is to be as cribed to the Church as we find to be expressly stated in her Articles and formularies, or which are plainly in volved in or to be collected from that which is written. The doctrines in question seem to me to be so ' plainly involved in or to be collected from' the Articles and the formularies of our Church that I had no alternative but to dissent from a judgment which affirmed the contrary ; and it is most gratifying to me to find that the course I then pursued is so consonant with the views and feelings of the large and important body of Churchmen whom you represent, and that there is so resolute a deter mination on their part to maintain and uphold the cardinal doctrines of our Church." The Archbishop of YORK said—l thank you most sin cerely for the address that has just been read, so far as it relates to myself. I thank you for the support which it gives to me whose experience in the episcopal office has been short, and who would gladly have left the leading part of these discussions entirely to older and wiser prelates. Nothing but a strong sense of duty would have drawn from me the pastoral letter to which the address is a reply. I do not conceal from myself that these are times of severe trial. The person of our Lord himself, and the divine doc trines that fell from His own lips, will hardly escape the criticism which has begun with the book that reveals them; but, on the other hand, past ages have seen the same sort of storm cloud the sky, and the storm has passed, and the Son of Righteousness shines still unchanged in the heavens, author of life and light to them that turn towards Him. I am persuaded that this will be the issue now, even if the storm be long, and many hearts fail because of it. The duty of Christian teachers at this time is not difficult to see. The Church of England is founded on the Word of God— that is her law and her doctrine. She has no other weapon against sin and evil in the world. Our duty is to be more and more active in preaching the Word—more earnest in the study of it, and of all that can throw light upon it— more sedulous in presenting its warnings and consolations convincingly to our people—more diligent in instructing our children—more careful that our preaching shall not be an echo of some past generation, but an application of eternal truths to the needs of men and women in this somewhat luxurious and self-indulgent, but intellectual age. If this is the effect of our present troubles the :Church of Christ may emerge from them chastened and strengthened for her work of turning souls to Christ. The proceedings then terminated. The Wreck of the Steamship Stanley, The second day's inquiry into the loss of the steamship Stanley took place in the Town hall, North Shields, on Wed nesday. The magistrates were Mr Alderman Joseph Spence and Mr A. S. Stevenson, and the nautical assessors, Captain Harris and Captain Baker. Mr Hamel represented the Board of Trade, Mr George Kenny appeared for Mr How ling, the master ; and Mr T. Crawford for Main, the mate of the ship. Alexander Reid, an able seaman, gave evidence as to the vessel making for the harbour, her wreck, and the state of the sea when she gtt upon the rocks. He said the reason why the crew had not fastened the rocket lines to the mast head when they were thrown over the ship was because they (the seamen) were afraid the mast would come over the side, the ship was rolling so very much. The master called up the crew twice to fasten the hawser to the masthead, but it was not done, The crew never answered the master. . William Young, a pilot, called by Mr Kenny, gave evi dence. Ile said—l have been 26 years under the Trinity house at Newcastle as a pilot to take ships out and in of the Tyne. I know the channel quite well. On Nov. 24 I was in my coble inside of the bar, above the black Mid dens, about 200 or 300 yards, when I saw the Stanley take the bar; and, according to my practical experience, she took the bar in the mid channel. A vessel running be fore the wind easterly, with a high sea, always take a cant to the north or the south according to the sea. This I have noticed from my experience. When I lost the star board light of the steamer—namely, the green light—l thought she had taken a cant to the northward. There is a strong northerly current sets to the northward on the ebb tide. She was then inside, off the first seabreak ; just inside of the old Sparrow Hawk. I considered then that the sea had taken the vessel on the starboard quarter, and the tide had caught the port bow. This would make her go against her starboard helm, and being a long ship she would have very little chance to recover. If I had charge of the ship as pilot, I should have brought her in the same position; and if I had been there myself the same thing might have happened to me, whether in daylight or dark, whether by a light or a flag. We never stop for the lights, so long as there is water for the ship. There were 20ft. water, or a few inches more when the steamer came over the bar. I looked at the scarp—our mark. The bar is now seven to eight feet better than our old marks. The scarp• is 131 ft„ and adding seven or eight feet to this makes 20ft. or 21ift. There was ample water for her to come in, and she was in the right channel. Since the loss of the Stanley three barques have come on shore near the same place. Two of them came there in the daylight. She was sailing in and had no pilot. I believe that if the Stanley had not been a screw she would have got a pilot, as sho;was supposed to be a Tyne screw waiting for her own pilot, most of those having a pilot of their own, and refused to take those merely offering themselves. The pilot steamer ran in a short time before—about a quarter of an hour or 20 minutes —with pilots on board. If the screws were free to all the pilots there would not be accidents with them on the bar. Mr,R. Philipson, solicitor to the Newcastle Trinity-house, gave evidence that the Trinity-house of Newcastle could not compel shipowners to take pilots in their turn, or to make them employ pilots at all. Mr F. Pattison, the keeper of the lowlight-house, was examined at some length about the harbour lights. He ex pressed strong opinions that it would be a dangerous thing to keep the harbour lights burning all night, irrespective of tide, as he stated a ship's difficulties arose in an easterly gale inside the bar, and opposite the Black Middens upon the last quarter of an ebb tide; The inquiry then adjourned. General Toni Thumb. • The Temps, in announcing the arrival in Paris of General Tom Thumb, states that a man quite as diminutive, but less known to the puplic, died some time back in Paris. This person, a dwarf only 234 inches high, whose name was Richebourg, was attached to the Orleans family, and held the place of honorary butler in the household of the Duchess, Louis Philippe's mother. He was then only fifteen or sixteen years of age, and unconsciously played a part in the political events of the day. Dressed as a baby, with a padded cap on his head containing important despatches, he and his pretended nurse wore often sent into the enemy's country withcut any one suspecting the trick. Richebourg lived in Paris, in the Faubourg St Germain, for 30 years preceding his death, which took place when he was 92 years of age. He was exceedingly timid, and oould not endure strangers, but in his own circle he was communicative and always cheerful. The Orleans family allowed him a pension of 3,000 f. a year as long as he lived. A Paris correspondent of the Satu4 Public of Lyons gives the following account of his Veit to General .Tom Thumb : —" I yesterday had the honour to pay my respects to General Tom Thumb and his interesting family. The General sent me his card with a letter of invitation to pay him a visit at the Hotel du Louvre, where he is staying under the name of Mr Charles Stratton. The General revived me with an eager cordiality, blended with a sentiment of dignity.. He introduced me to Mrs Stratton with the English ceremanial. The lady wore a low-bodied dress with short sleeves. She is about the same height as her husband, of a dark but somewhat florid complexion, with sparkling, intelligent eyes, and regular features. Her hair was dressed as if for a ball; she wore a great many diamonds, and was radiant with health and content ment. The daughter of this singular couple, Mie s Stratton, aged e'even months, a charming miniature baby, is the object of the tenderest care of her diminutive parents. As for Miss Minnie 'Warren, Mrs Stratton's sister, to whom I was also introduced, she is, in my opinion, not so pretty, although smaller and more delicate than her sister. The General says that he is now 27 years: of age. He weighs 14 lbs 71j ozo, glad his height is 26 inches, Naval and Military Intelligence, The screw corvette Cadmus, 21, 400 horse power, pro ceeded down Chatham harbour at daylight yesterday morn in g, in tow of the Adder and Fe irless, paddlewheel steamers, to be in readiness to make her official trial of speed at the measured mile at the Maplin Sands. The Vernon, 50 guns, attached to the sailing reserve in Chatham harbour, is ordered to be fitted to a flag and train ing ship at Woolwich, taking the place of the Fisgard, 42, which is no longer:fitted for that service. The ironclad frigate Valiant, 24, 800 horse power, at tached to the steam reserve in the Medway, has had her rig altered, and is now fitted with fore and main topgallant masts, instead of the description of the rig she previously carried, by which her appearance is very greatly improved. Her Majesty's paddlewheel seam vessel Medusa, Master Commander John H. Allard, returned yesterday to Ply mouth, after an unsuccessful search of 10 days for an aban doned merchant vessel which has been floating about in the Channel. The detachments of non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Engineers selected from the depot and other companies at headquarters, Chatham, to augment the Ist, 33, 7th, 20th, 26th, and 29th companies at Aldersho', the Curragh, Portsmouth, Weymouth, and Dover, have been medically inspected at headquarters, and will leave Bromp ton Barracks for their respective destinations to-morrow morning. A valuable invention has just been patented by Captain W. K. Hall, C. 8., commanding the Chatham steam reserve in the Medway, for the more speedy shipment and unship ment and the raising of screw propellers. It is expected to prove of great benefit in supplying a want which has long been experienced in the Royal navy, as well as in the mer cantile marine. Hitherto it has been found necessary to construct our vessels of war with a screw well to enable the screw propeller to bo lifted to the deck for repair. By the adoption of Captain Hall's invention, however, this is no longer required, as by means of a system of chains and davits the screw can be easily lifted and disconnected from the threaded rods, the disconnexion being effected by the removal of the cotters which hold the parts together. The davits are so arranged that should it be fouad convenient to remove one of the screw blades, or alter the pitch of the screw, there is no necessity for placing the screw on deck, as the required alteration can be effected in a simple and ingenious manner. The advantages of Captain Hall's in vention are that screw propellers can be easily lifted on board without the necessity of docking the vessel for that pur pose, while the simple machinery used does away with the necessity for the expensive tackle and apparatus required under the present arrangement. What is of far greater im portance, any defect in the screw can be discovered and remedied without the necessity of the vessel losing any part of her voyage for that purpose. THE VOLUNTEERS. The first meeting of the general committee for raising the M'Murdo Fund was held at the offices of the Na tional Rifts Association last week—Major the Duke of Manchester, Ist Hunts Light Horse, in the chair. After some discussion, the following resolutions were proposed aand unanimously agreed to :--Moved by Lord Elcho, seconded by Lieut.-Colonel Beresford—" That a subscrip tion list for the M'Murdo Fund be opened for Volun , tears. The maximum subscription for each Volunteer to be £5, and the minimum Is." Moved by Lord Elcho, seconded by Captain Templar—" That a second subscrip tion list, unrestricted as to amount, be opened for honorary members and the general public." The following officers were nominated as a sub-committee for carrying the objects of the meeting into effect, viz :—Major the Duke of Man chester, chairman—Lieut. - Colonels Earl Grosvenor, Lord Elcho, Beresford, Bigge, and Cochrane and Captains Horatio Ross, Roupell, and Templar. Captain J. R. M'Donnell was appointed hon. secretary to the general committee. The first competition for the gold champion badge of the oth or West Middlesex Rifles has been held at the ranges at Wormwood Scrubbs. The distances were 300, 500, and 600 yards—five shots at each range. 7he badge was won by Private Charles Hall, A company, 41 marks; Sergeant Garner, A company, 30 do., and Private J. W. Smith, F company, 36 do., being second and third. In connection with the competitions for the badge, which will be shot for on the last Thursday in each month, the following prizes are presented by Mr Armitage :—£2 to the man whose maximum score is the highest, and £2 to the highest average in the various matches. Any man competing less than eight times in 12 months will be disqualified. The final competition for the A company challenge cup took place at the ranges of 300, 600, and 600 yards—five shots at each range. The cup was originally won from the Admiralty Company of the Civil Service Rifles in 1860, and has now become the absolute property of the present winner—Lieut. Marriner. A number of prizes have just been competed far by the members ct the Ramsgate Artillery Volunteers. They consisted of a handsome electro-silver cup, having on it the arms of the corps. also a field-piece, with a fully accoutred artilleryman on each side of it, and bearing a suitable in scription. Captain Sicklemore presented a silver cup ; Lieut. Cramp a beautifully embossed and chaste electro silver tankard; while the fourth prizo was an electro-silver tankard given by an honorary member, Between 50 and GO members answered to the master roll-call. The prizes were shot for with the great gun, the battery being in com mand of Captain Sicklemore and Lieut Cramp. The target, which was of canvass, Sft by 12ft, with a bull's-eye of tilt in diameter, was placed at the distance of 1,250 yards. There were 43 competitors, and the firing was regulated by time and points combined. Out of the 43 who competed, 38 obtained three points for direction, and the remaining five two points, thus being only eight yards to the right or left of the target. The 38th Middlesex (Artists') Rifle Volunteer Corps was inspected by Colonel M'Murdo, C. 8., on the 28th of November at Burlington-house, the unfavourable state of the weather having prevented the review taking place at Tooting Common, as originally intended. After a minute inspection Colonel M'Murdo addressed the regiment in a highly complimentary speech, in which he stated that he was perfectly satisfied with their appearance and drill. He added that such a corps as the Artists' was always looked upon with peculiar interest by himself and the Horse Guards, as, though numerically small, it might, from the class of men it was composed of, be looked upon as a nursery for the officers and mon - commissioned officers of the in creased force of volunteers which would spring up in case of war. After remarking on the extraordinary number of marksmen (four-sevenths of those who have gone to the butts) which he found on the shooting return, and assuring his hearers that, though he was about to give up his present appointment he should always consids.r himself as connected and identified with the volunteer branch of the service, the colonel withdrew, and the battalion returned to their private parades. DEATH OF Ex.JuDGE PERRIN.—The Right Hon. Louis Perrin, retired Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench, died this morning, at an advanced ago, at his residence, Knockdromin, near Rush, county of Dublin. He was called to the bar in 1806 ; appointed by the Marquis of Normanby Attorney-General, 29th of April, 1835, which office he filled until he succeeded, in August of the same year, as one of the Judges of the Court of Queen's Bench. Judge Terrill retired on a pension in February, 1860, and Was succeeded by the present Mr Justice Fitzgerald,— Dublin Evening Mail, A FEMALE BRIGAND.—A Turin letter states that among the Neapolitan provinces which have to con tend with the dreadful scourge of brigandage there is that of Cattanzaro, which possesses the advantage of having a band which is led by Maria Oliviero, an exceedingly hand some woman, not yet 30 years of age. Barbarity is her chief characteristic, and the sight of blood renders her as excited as a wild beast. She was the wife of the famous brigand Monaco, of the Albanian village of Spezzano, who was killed in an encounter with the Italian troops near Rossono. In this very encounter Maria was also wounded, but she con tinued to discharge her musket, kneeling on the dead body of her husband, with a firmness and a courage which even commanded the admiration of her opponents. Having at last been struck in the right leg, she fell into the hands of the troops, was brought before a court martial at Cattan zero, and was condemned to be shot. The sentence was, however, commuted to 30 years of penal servitude. While. she was expiating her crimes in the prison of Cattanzaro the gaoler fell desperately in love with her. The cunning woman pretended to feel an equal affection for him, and one day she told him that while she was with her husband she had concealed in a certain place near Rossano a largo sum of money, which had been paid for the ransom of a rich farmer. The gaoler wont quickly to the spot and found the money. This fact had naturally the effect of making his love for Maria still more ardent, so that she had no difficulty in convincing him that tender affections are better mani fested in freedom than within the four walls of a dungeon. Before, however, making their escape Maria succeeded in sending word to her brothers, who are brigands, that on a certain evening she would be at an appointed spot not far from Cattanzaro, attired in man's clothes, together with her deliverer. Maria was punctual at the rendezvous, and her brothers also. The unfaithful turnkey was killed out of hand, and the money he had found replaced in Maria's pocket. Once free, this woman organised a band of brigands, and began her operations in that tract of mountains whi h lie between the river Crati and Cattanzaro. The barbarities since perpetrated by Maria are almost incredible. The vil. lages of Spinelli Co!z3nei, and Belvedere have been literally sacked by the band she commands. The dread which the name of Maria Oliviero inspires among the rural population of Cattanzaro is so great that the Italian Government has been obliged to send two battalions of the lino to pursue the cruel fury. While the band led by this woman is desolating the country of Cattanzaro we hear from Rionero that the bersaglieri have succeeded at last in capturing the famous mistresses of the brigands Croce° and Schiavone. The strangest thing about the capture of Sacchitiello and of the two women is that they were taken in the house of the captain of the National Guard of the village, where they had been concealed since the month of July., This fact shows how difficult it is to get rid of the Neapolitan bii grande, since in certain cases the commanders of the Na tional Guard give them safe shelter in their very houses, t rISN , rin Liirr Tr * ;V< 4 HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 8' e " The Queen, accompanied by her Roy al High nlB Princess Helena, walked and drove in the groun of the Castle this morning, attend ed by 1441 Augusta Stanley. Her Royal Highness Princess Louise Went ou t driving. The Earl and Countess Russell arrived °t the Castle, and had the honour of dining with h er 'ialesty yesterday. The Prince and Princess of Wales' S ANDRINGH AM, D eC. 8 On Monday last the Prince of Wales, attended by Captain Grey and Mr. Fisher, went out with the West Norfolk hounds. The Princess, attended by the Countess of Macclesfield, drove to t he meet ft Houghton. Viscount Hamilton and Colonel the Ha. ap Mrs Byng left Sandringham from visiting thei r Royal Highnesses. In the afternoon Prince Edward of Saxe liroic ciar ' s the Earl Granville, the Earl of Sefton, the Morclui.i. of Hartington, Colonel Hon. H. Percy, and Adtalr!r Seymour arrived at Sandringham on a visit to thel Royal Highnesses. On Tuesday the Royal and distinguish ed P,, a , 1 1 1 1 0 had a successful day's shooting in the Com mo " and Deringham Woods. On Wednesday the Prince of Wales, attended.b,i Captain Grey and Mr H. Fisher, and accoalonlef by Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the 5 4 „ ri Sefton, the Marquis of Hartington, Colonel it"e H. Percy and Admiral Seymour, drove to Wes tac , r i : e the appointed " meet" for the West Norfolk. Ito members of the hunt mustered in great foreweba evince their respect for the Royal sportsman. ." t day was not a good hunting day, but Mc' ° ll . ° „ r g runs were obtained, the first sly old Renard 1051 " ° his The brush. Earl of Granville returned from Sand rill‘ ham to town. The Marchioness of Carmarthen has relieved the Countess of Macclesfield in attendance uP °9 the Princess of Wales. 0$ VISIT OF THE QUEEN TO CLEWER, CIIUBCA' r Tuesday afternoon last her Majesty, accompanied 11 b 9 Royal Highness the Princess Helena, and atiell°' be Major-General Seymour, paid an unexpected vieitttv°o3t3- ancient church at Clewer, distant about a mile fro m sor. The Rev. T. T, Carter being absent, the R ey 'ri T. Grieve, one of the curates, received her Majes t y - 1 11 1 1 .. chief object of the visit was to, inspect the grave of a f ful servant of the name of Glover, who died about is months ago, it being her Majesty's intention to erectrs tablet to his memory. Atter having strewed some d e ll ,,i o r on the grave, her Majesty was conducted over the iliAtp.o. of the church, which has been recently repaired {be bellished with beautiful stained glass windows. 11 , , er c o o Queen remained some time, and afterwards inspe cted of the monuments in the ancient churchyard. 01 19 The Duke and Duchess of Manchester bu ye r' to Brighton, instead of to iiimbelton, as announced' le ft The Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe have the Clarendon Hotel for Floors Castle. • bale -------- The Marquis and Marchioness of S3lisburl ` Th e returned to Hatfield from paying a series of visits. 1,10 noble marquis and marchioness will receive a disti n g ilis" circle at Hatfield on Monday next. iced The Earl and Countess Delawarr have O, ri at Buckhurst Park for the winter. We hear that belt o f ship fully intends to carry out the benevolent precoVtio her sister by affording ample relief to the aged poor ell s i 0 family estates in Kent. The late Countess Auallorett:ehei well known, expended a large sum annually for the, "st of the poor of Knole and Seale, and the Countess D eli is most desirous that the charitable feeling of her 0-re, ho Id be carried out to the fullest extent during tb e P sent winter, 0 0 Lord Richard Grosvenor left - town yesteruillyif a visit to Sir Edward and Lady Caroline Kerrisoc, a t seat in Norfolk. car Lord and Lady Walter Scott have left Pa tie cu e Florence, and will join other members of the family al on the 20th inst. Hi s l or d s hi p and Lady Wa l te r 6 c °t ' not return home till the spring of next year. oa THE SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SITO" r. holv Wednesday the number of persons who visited the was 39,214; on Tuesday, 26,636; and on Mond a y' day, nearly 1,200. Yesterday the Smithfield Club 'tee meeting at two o'clock, in reference to the memorial t ° , so .l memory of the late Jonas Webb. It was at first e° 11 :1 it plated to erect a statue to the memory of Mr Webb, "„.51rest was ultimately resolved to erect a memorial to the roe breeder of South Down sheep at Cambridge. Yeete rd4 a lli sales were more lively than on the preceding days gerlekreir GALLANT SERVICES OF THE YARMOUTH Dtt• MEN.—GREAT YARMOUTH, Thursday N i g v iag I have to report (says Mr Matthew Butcher) th e folio ies services rendered by the large lifeboat belonging tight, National Lifeboat Institution at this place. Last signals of distress were heard from the St. Nieholee , 40 0• ship—the wind blowing fresh from the South a t thn, to The large lifeboat was manned by beachman belongs the all the companies, and proceeded off to a vessel L e 0 4 Scroby Sand. The lifeboat remained by her all nig . h ;el' eventually succeeded in rescuing the shipwrecke d se 10 The vessel proved to be the Austrian brig Zornio - London to Sunderland. On this oceasioa, wm-tecX, steam-tugs had previously been employed at tbe, 4 l oo there was no hanging back on the part of the bewc i teet but, on the contrary, they one and all showed the gr— promptitude in manning the lifeboat. 7 . • A LIFEBOAT SERVICE.—ORME'S HEAD, D eb ' to signal of distress was observed this morning (repo r ittle t O i o r n m a e; 8 Lifeboat ead, il Institution, Sister's John Williams, of Llandudno) from a vessel nee r e t + b i : N a st i‘l ati e o m n oedriahlelrief:bweasat,i;;itiore: I.li launehed, and reached the vessel in about three-(1°. el "' an hour. On arriving alongside, they found the F® a tWo anchor, with her mast cut away, and the master 0000 men on board. The crew of the lifeboat ultinastell br enn iti the vessel and her crew safely to Llandudno. She Wa I frel e to be the flat Morning Star, of Carnarvou, with OP- Liverpool to that place. PORT te4l/41)1 THE REPORTED OIITBREAIC AT Pnisorr.—Between 11 and 12 o'clock on . 1 510 7 morning the signal was given from Portland to 0 6 0 00 0 at Weymouth that a mutiny had occurred among 070191/' victs, and that their assistance was required inin i t i s a al e In consequence of this, the Engineers working 011 ,,,fe vernment works at the Nothe were summoned to 4170,000' work, awl proceeded to the barracks, where th e They were here joined by a portion of the 87th l'eParia and the men, numbering altogether about 200, 11" through the " double," from the barracks to tb t he ° t° v A where a steamer had been detained to convee 4 vay e , d Portland. The greatest alarm and consternatiou P(4004 Weymouth on the receipt of the intelligence, a n 88 , 0 r- tolt when the soldiers were seen running through I ' o 4 o arrayed not in their military uniform, but in thei r o val attire, time not having been given them to wak e e/iati si Rumours were quickly circulated that the °en risen simultaneously from the whole of the traq rho to ; 11 he having put to flight those whose duty it W as d sot them were left in entire control of the island, bl; sto We' oo prison on fire, and were plundering the island. 0 ,0 of embarkation of the soldiers from Weytuot il b. d (rote t d. accomplished, and before half an hour had exp ir e ro rtie ll t , time the signal was given they were landed io , he ir O A. On arriving at that place it was discovered thet a ' co ol" ) ; vices were not required—in fact, no eautinY b a , by etr e „a and all this alarm and apprehension were c ause" a eer o 7 o signals having been used. A convict at work - l ake sig li so . ditch had made his escape, and it is usual to I s t ee O de ; informing the military and warders when ene 4 ma ta t Instead of that being done, mut in y signals n ot 0 0y, le hence the alarm which was felt in Weymouth 11_ the ni t for miles around. The convict was found before DO o tar y arrived concealed in a cave. If the re l a 0 THE ANTIQUITY OF THE , tjate circumstance that is beyond others ca' c _ of ood 1,4 enhance our reverence fcr the moon, it is the - P i ca 1"..4 tiquity of the picture it presents to us. ree r e t l e 0 017 0 , tion of the cooling of earthy masses seeig": prtee lit c t7 3° of the earth's crust from a 'etato of fusicn to I,assuniiogoot dition a period of 98,000,000 of years. 131 - I __‘., ) n e ee. c . r ie contemporary origin of the earth and Margenwinifi" of the small mass of the moon, and its 4 00 0 op cl in proportion to its mass, it is highly probablet!": esr te . ; . t oe into its final condition infinite ages been. 0 : ito r i a el e o so o f henca that the stern featelree we b ehr" ; " the 1814 P d " il ea arc these that were transfixed uP"n 3 • e f li s bundl e 0 04 its volcanic life passed, emu:Y. upwards Lnot 0 . 1 9 l P wor ao years ago I So vast a period as this c an not express it 0 . too rt r . by the understanding of man. th We can tooltbotjabn or write in symbols, but the, 'e conecannotep don fancy anything like an adoluate 103 e. D art o n% u ne; mensity of such an interval of elap sed t sed throughiu inconceivable epoch the earth luispas ite less stages of development find btave °l owe d, on. liae 1.6 her l e- we creation of man ; whereas the - barren condition unaltered,to teach 119 1 , 5 '` t0 the 0 00 . .` o f th 7. that, in spite of the theological evideo7, the glorie.,ooooe; must not take it for granted that Pil et , b ,v to vier` firmament have been destined or thouge the habitations of man,—Once a irate